The effectiveness of nonprofit lead-organization networks for social service delivery

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-422

  Chen, Bin ^a   Graddy, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 78650164863     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.20002     Document Type: Article

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